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EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1874.
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AF.KS. IJy virtue of
ri I'min. issuofl out of the
nu n Ileus ui i uuiuria Ldliniy
, ti there will lie exposed to
,. I'niirt Hon in Khenshurjr,
the Till 1T f September
, u. v. M., the following reul c-s-
I.t. title and interest of C. Allen- I
i' ,,T.in: to ;i tract or piece of lainl sit- !
w i i"n -1 1 " township, Cambria county, I
.',';,, .ast'l of Martin Ac Co., Robert 1
Wcslhrook, and others, inn. 1
.., , i. -. more or less, unimpruvea.
.. ,.'v i j 1 1 t ami to bo sold at the suit
. .i 1 : . . .
ii i : I: I , iiiitiiii'i iHii-n"-i oi nra
,,.,',111 ami to u piece or pit reel
t, in U'a! inyfon township, ('.ant
ra., adjoining lands of Ja.s. Man
i. Willow llruwn, and others,
,n n nioi e or less, about 40 acres
, :, ;i !- i . having thereon erected tt
i la. use and n log tiarn, now in
,,f - Henry. Taken in mo
, 1 i i ! : nt t he suit of Anna II. Mc
i .'in K. scanlan, executors of Jer-
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iuIiI. t it le and interest of ( lias.
. ,n and to a piece or parcel of
in i ,;iitielil township, Cambria
' i' -1 1 1 1 1 1 -f litii'ls of James K. M ':
- loi, Matthew Mc.M tillcti, and
"." acr s, more or less, about
.a ii are cleat ed, haling thereon
-i .ii I' .if h'.u-e and triune liam,
:.,. , ot t barley ('. .Mc.Mutlcn.
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i itn.l to a piece or parcel oT
kl i srhenv township, t'ambria
I i , .m: nr lain l of Andrew loison,
i . Ini I!. I loir man. and ot hers, con
, . . -, iii'irciir i;.', atioiit acres
u il. lias in k t hereon erect el a
. ;.i.e le u-e and a frame stable, now
... .i:,. , ..I ( liin les A. McMulleti und
l iken in execution and to tie
i .) lin Kdwiu MeMullen, lor
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: i ii. tit le-und interest of John
i ..in. trine I'aiiish, owners and
... A,t: Said buildinir is a dwi.ll
r .,., -t. vies, havinir a trout of 06
:..: r lect, situate on a certain
o I'oi tare, in the township of
. iiiity ol Cambria, fronting on
a itnil Itoad and Hdjoininir lands
i i..-i.:l.'Ii ;YiiiI others. Taken in
: i to be aobl at the suit of Abra-
! i :irht. titlo and interest of H. C.
.ii,.: to one-hiilf lot of xrotiud sit
v. . -I Ward of KbcllSbiirtf liotouifh,
t i. I. minded on the north by lot
a !!. ..ri the east by an alley, and
.v mi a.li y. having thereon erect
- i tiiii;..- house, iiiiw in the oecu
il'i. ! l. 'I alien in cx cutioii and
' t'ic Mi.t id thet'ity li.mkof 1'itU-i-ecof
Meiny A. Freyvt.Kle.
i ie r:-ht. title arid interest of Pilas
a ar.d 'oil pce- or parcel of land
I learlielil town-hip. t'amtiria coun
.1 K' lands of Jas. A'l.i.n.-, llai ry hep
i a iiid Meilmi. an i others, coiit.r.nie.ir
more or less, n'.ion t "." acres ot ivlm-h
, d. havitm' there in erected a two story
.use mid a traine tiarn. n.ov in t lie oe
..t Silas Ailani.'. I aken inf-vecution
Id at the suit of Jac.It Lullier, for
., I'. Shield-.
... in rijrhf. tilleand interest of 1'eter
... and to a piece i r parcel of land
, trr tie.vnlii(i. t i intn ia count y.
, ,,,! d I )a vid Mm ro, dee'd, heirs
" . dec . I, and others, eoiit.tiiiiii
. i li p.--. about '.') a- res of wbicii
i r-j-thereon ereei.-tl a one stiry
i ; jr barn, now In iti occupan
- s .1 ;o, a piece or parcel of
'. i-hintrtoii township. Cambria
.- i.i nds ot Josepd i'i iste, M. I.
-. h.ii:itr thert'tu erected n
inn' stable. blHcksiiiith hoj,
- .i y planH hume not now oe
i '.-a-iiaif story plank house
a ef I'eter lunn. Taken
'. i- so l. at the suit of Kran
. -.ot John K. Scan inn, cxre
- and testtinient of M. M.
. il le nn 1 into;-e?t of John
... ..!! to a pie;e or pa reel of
i i. n iield township, ( ambria
. : in l-nl' It. ilewit. Jas. Con-
.and others, coiitaininif about
- r n s. iinunproved. Taken in i
. t i ..ld at the suit of James ,
' '. i. ' S w I res.
" r .-'it. ti'le and Interest nf Pun-
- ' .: r. I T .;i jiiece or parcel of land
1 : . -r a n-hip, (.'ainbriii county, ad-
: : t I..,.. Ii -itrieh. John Thomas, 1
- i.'.-iH.'ii :i urn s more or less, j
. r - ..I u !m It are cleared, having1
: i a i.ne-and-n-luilf story house I
.' . ii. iw In the occupancy of Dun'l t
i r, execution and to bp sold rt
1 ' a;. Kitlell. administrator of Mi- '
ru-tit. title and interest of John ;
"i and to a pieei or parcel of ;
' at IVriaifc Station. Waslnmttun
1 .i i 1 1 ,i county, frontln-r on the '
i 1'ii' Cost, and a i join in ir Mud? of (
' .' 'li and others, havinir thereon
it -a . -i.av trame house, nov in the
! I iai' I". r"artih. 'I aken in exe- ,
t t , !., at t tiw suit of John Mo- '
. i.-M. title and interest of Peter
' i i i: i ;mirh his wiTe, of. in and I
' 1 ii i of land sitnafe in Washing- i
, ' ii in iria county, ndjoluinir lauds I
. .1 Sti llnidy. nnd ther, con- ;
-. !ii..r.- or If, atiout 40 acres of
' !. Taken In execution and to
- .it: . t K. 1). Casey, James Casey
' - it 1 Co.
: !'):'. titlf and Interest of J. T- '
' '. i t t . a lot of around situate in
ti . spriuys. C:iintria county. !
1 . i.ti!.;.i ttr- t and adjomiiuf lot
li r ! an I an alley, havinir thereon
- .is I rniiie house and a board
i t a . u-. ii paney of Mrs. Susan
n. : i: execution and to lie sold at ;
. r lir.UM AN IIACMF.H. Sheriff.
" ' ' . I .: iei; stilus, A it ir. Id. Is7 4.
WRECKED AND LOST.
Alone on the pier of the river.
In the desolate darkness of night;
A pirl (may the good saints deliver
The tempted vfo strive to do right!)
Stood forth like the ghost of a woman.
Bereft of warmth, reason and light.
No lights in the skies over-reaching:.
Or the river that flowed" at ?!cr feet;
No warmth in the Puritnn'e preaching.
Or the cormorant crowds in the street;
No reason why she should be driven
To the death which sho dreaded to meet
She spoke, saying, "Life, it is bitter,
The love of a man is a lie;
The world is aglow with the glitter
Of falsehood and fraud, and I die
Content to fro up frcm iny trouble
To the intiiiitc real of the sky;
"Or down to the dcirths where the weary
Who sleep in their sins meet a doom
More terrible, vengeful and dreary
Thau Hie darkuess and damp of the tomb
Where the love of the Lord never eaters
To banish the midnight of gloom.
"WJiat matters it where, since the lover.
Whose love was the essence of hate,
Has left me alone to ili-covcr
(Alas! but my wisdom comes late)
That the trust in the heart of a woman
Is a prey for the furies of Kalo'r"
A plash from the pier of the river,
In the desolate darkness of night
A struggle, a croait and a shiver,
A face, than the white moon more white,
Upturned on the turbulent waters
My Cod! 'tis a heart-rending sight!
What vision is that which dawns slowly
On the life that floats out from the shore?
The vision of One meek and lowly.
Whom the saints am! good angels adore;
Come, a voice from the realms of the holy,
"liesl, sinner, nor sin any more!"
So out through the mouth of the river,
Cnhcaved by the treacherous stream,
Floats the wreck of a life that was never
As bad as we Pharisees deem.
Floats the wreck of a life, that has conquered
The secret that batlles our dream.
II0V SI1K III IT.
"U S' A PIMIA ISKMKNTS.
'N ' - hereby K'veil that th fol- !
r-'.t Heal Kstateand 1'erson
l.-nra. selected and set apart
'i.tis'nti s under the Act of A s
'i'f!. A. ! li'd. have been tiled
:,t hu-nsi urn, and will be
i ir;.'. u;.'t nirt nf t 'anibria roun
mi l all'. waneo, on Webses-
1. 1KT4: I
a..r -lisement ol certain per- I
-i l ;md set apart for Kliza- '
i.. e ,.,lin 1 '.ending, late of
ii!,. !, .!. tllO.2. ,
' :i.ra-S"mi.-nt of certain per
i'i i a. .'. and set upart for Alary
! . ! ir l (Has, late of FJenburir
1 it i .pra;s.;ment of certain per
1 ; r i - dati l set apart for Flir.a
I'.r '.ut. wide w of John S. Itrown,
' ''-!. ip. !"i-M. X.0O. j
1 ipprau-n-iiient of certain per
i p-i -e.'.and set apart for Marica
1 ' i.mothv Hunt, late of Jack- ;
i.-V-.lf. 1
" I h j.r ns.-ment of certain per- !
'I t r:w-, , ,n. ,art lor Akii'S
r Ib nrv l4uok, lat or Carroll '
U!.i. I
1,11 t'ppraisement of pertain per-
' J- c, ; r i l-.i and .-t apart for Marga- ;
,w I eh., lille. late of Washing- i
...rv l'l'r;i:seiiirrit of'certain per- I
' I ir i . d and set a pan. lor Susan
"f 1' ivi l Younkin, late of :
, la 1
' t.
Mppraisi'in,
ii .r.i:... ,,,,.( ,.t a,,rt f,jr Catha-
, " ' " l.,i ., -,,r.i I S dun
nt of certain per
heimcr, late of
l ,1
.'11. iler'il i-l, il ml
"i I iiptiraiseincnt of certain per-
, 1 r,,- l and t npnrt for Iydia
1 l.ii ' . Kvaus. latii of Kljenshurir
:."';;;-j.-m.
VM'prms.-.i and set a,art tor Marga- ;
,". .f PhhI Uei.rge, ate of Wash- !
'''!. ''.t'..9i. i
- :ippr;iioment of certain per- '
, .v .i : r.i,-a. and set apart for Ann j
"' In in: M. Jones, Ute or F.ben-
'I. tlSU.IK). I
Ty 4nd ;ii.i,r:ii,i.ini til i.f i.f.rlin nr- I
. . -i i.r u.,i an'i set apart lor Mary
.'.L,' T"1 Atrhain Kopelin, lato of
Il OP - s a"'1 I'tra s inent of certain per
for A. ' . I"-1''"'-1 and set apart fer F.liza
tlOm : , ; ..f .r u-ol, Uuinl, Ulo of Taylor
,M;s M SINOKK. Reirlster.
thtulmrg, Au? 10, lh7t.
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the
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se of
Teter Penny-wise was in deep grieF. All
tie hopes of a lifj-time were to le frustrated.
1 he fond a aibilion he had so long nursed,
Lis pet scheme to make the name of IVnny-wi-e
the :; '.vat est in the laud, was now no
more. II,- only son, I-t jnee'ot, was to Lc
man ied, and iiianied to a i!e!eian to a
iri who had Wealth, hut no n.itne, no fam
ily, no ancestry, or no coat-of-anns on the
panel of her coach.
C ui Id human misery lie greater? C?u!d
the O-sa of grlif .i!cd on the I'eiion of dis
apointment make a heavier load of sorrow?
No. The cup of I'ounywisc w.ts full to the
brim, and he must drain it to the lees, Low
ever hitter the draught.
Such a the tenor (if olJ Pennywisc's J
musings as ne paeeu the velet-nrpetel
floor of his lihrary on the evening wheu our
story opens. A conveisation his son had
had with hiin, as they sat together sipjdng
their wine alter dinner, had been the cause
of this tunult in the breast of I'eter Peuny
wise. Launoelot was a weak-eyed nnl pink
skinned youth, with thin. yellow hair, which
he parted in the center, and a little wisp of
saffron whisker on each Mde of his face, the
pulliii of which with his nervous little
hand constituted the principal employment
of the scion of the house o( Penny wise.
"Father,"' said I-iun, elot. alter gulping
down two or three glasses of wine to give
liiiu courage 'father."
"Well, iny son, what do you want?"
asked the pompous head of the house.
"What do you think of marriage?"
"What do I think of what?" questioned
, the surprised Pennywise.
j "Marritie," replied hauncelot. "Matris
mony, you know. 'Two hearts with but a
1 single thought, two souls that beat as one,'
and all that."
"I think that every man shou'd marry j
and I would Je glad to hear that you had
fixed your afToctii ins on some lady with the
, proper qualifications," said Pennywise.
! "What are the proper qualifications!
! father?" inquired Lauucelot.
I "Family," replied the father "family.
Whatever else you do, be sure to never dis
grace the name of Peony wise by a plebeian
connection."
"Why, is our family such a very great
or.e?" demanded the young man.
i "A great one!" echoed Pennywise. "Why,
it's the greatest in the land. Study care
fully the genealogical tree that hangs in the
hall, and which cost me five thousand dol
lars to Lave properly traced, and you will
tec that the name of Pennywise was as wel!-
! known as that of Williams at the time of
the Norman conquest, and that the coat-of-
1 anus is one of the most respectable and an
cient that ever heraldry boasted of."
"Well, of course that's all true, father ;
; but I've heard seme of the fellers at the
i club say that grandfather was a pawn
j 'Your grandfather was a broker and
hanker, a I myself atn, and was fully aware
I of the respotisibili'.y of leing worthy of Lis
1 family," said Mr. Pennywise, interrupting
Lis son; "therefore he liegan my education
1 by impressing th value of a family name
upon my young mind, and so, when 1 had
i grown older, and Le intimated to ine that I
! ought to marry the highly respectable Miss
' roundfoollsh, I went to that lady, proposed,
i and was accepted. Thus I consolidated the
i two great families of Pennywise and Pound
foolish, and you and your two sisters are
the. result Hut von .k D1V Opinion of
matrimony. Are you thiuking of marry
Ye-es, sir," gasped Launcclot.
"And whom do you propose honoring
with your name."
Mibs a Miss Petersham," answered
the youthful Pennywise.
"Petersham Petersham; I never heard
of a Petersham. Who is she?" demanded
the old gentleman, with a darkening brow.
"She is very rich."
And Launce faltered.
"Riches are very well, but you do not
need them. Your mother left you all Lef
fortune, and I shall leave you half of mine
if ycAi niarry as I wish. Who is this this
Petersham ? What docs her father do ?"
"He keeps a large clothing establish
ment." "What!" roared Pennywise. "A tailor!
It shall not be. The arms of Pennywise
shall never be marred with a needle, or dis
figured by great Heaven ! a goose. It
shall never be never never ! "
"It must be," said Launcclot, going to
the door, " 'cause I've pupped, and she's ac
cepted me."
The old man mechanically arose, and
walked to his study, where he began pacing
the fljor, as we found him at the couiuieuce
uient of our story.
A gentle knock on the lihrary door roused
Mr. Pennywise, and bidding the knocker
come in, he settled himself in his easy-chair,
and prepared to receive his visitor;
The visitor proved to be the governess of
the two Misses Pennywise, aged twelve and
fourteen, whose disorderly conduct and will
ful destruction of wardrobe and text-oooks
occasioned many a visit to the library after
the dinner hour by the governess.
She was a neat, pretty little body, this
governess, and Lad often attracted the at
tention of the young bloods who came to
visit Launcclot ; but she paid not the
slightest attention either to their compli
ments or glances, attending quietly to her
pupils, and seeming wholly wrapped up in
her charge. In fact, Charley Gushington,
who was falling in love with every girl he
met, once observed of Ler to Lnuncelot :
"Launee, that governess gal what's her
name? Amy Dorr? ain't got any heart.
The only thing she could love would be
more pupils, or plenty of money."
"Good evening, Miss Dorr," said Penny
wise, when Amy had. entered the library.
bat can t do tor you this evening?"
"Excuse me, sir." said Amy, hesitatingly.
"I wished to see yon aWit my pupil, but
I can see you are grieed and agitated, and,
as I fancy I know the cause of your agita
tion, I wiil not annoy you with iny Common
place complaints."
"You know the cause!" gasped Penny
wise. "Yes, sir. I have no wish to intrude my
opiuions or my knowledge, but the cause of
your grief is, I imagine, the approaching
marriage of your son, and I think Le is act
ing most foolishly."
"You are right, Miss Dorr," as-scrted the
old gentleman "you are right. He is act
ing most foolishly most foolishly."
"Cannot you prevent it?" asked the
governess.
"No ; I am powerless powerless. He
will wed the tailor's daughter, and disgrace
the great, the aristocratic name of Penny
wise.' There wa i wniile pla3'ing around the
corners of Miss Dorr's mouth, and a satiri
cal twinkle in her eye, as Mr. Pennywise
ftjioke of his aristocratic name.
"Can you not threaten to disinherit Lim?"
she asked.
"No use no use," groaned the disconso
late Pennywise. "He has half a million
left to him by his mother."
"A half a million," cried Amy, and the
smile and twinkle faded away , leaving her
face stern and calculating looking. "Mr.
Pennywise, this marriage would be scandal
ous. Listen. I know Miss IVtersham well.
In fact, she considers me her intimate
friend "
"My son's wife the intimate friend of a
governess !" sighed Pennywise, regardless
of the feelings of the girl before him.
"Yes," replied Amy, not heeding the in
sult; "but she is only a tailor's daughter."
"Alas, alas! too true, too true!" said
the unfortunate Pennywise.
"Mr. Pennywise," continued Amy, "you
are ric!1 , very rich ; and I am poor, very
poor. You regard this marriage as a dis
grace to your family. I think I can prevent
it. What will you give me if I do?"
"My dear Miss Dorr," cried old Penny
wise, jumping up from his chair, "if you
can prevent my son from marrying the tai
lor's daughter, I will bestow upon you ten
thousand dollars."
"'Tls a bargain," said the governess.
"Please write a little agreement to this ef
fect : That as soon as I give you proof that
Mis Petersham is married to some one else
than your son, you will pay me the sum of
ten thousand dollars."
Married to some one else than my son?"
said Pennywise, as he was writing the
agreement.
"Y'es," answered Amy, that is mv plan.
"I will make her marry a young man I
have in my mind now."
"But my son will not permit it J he is fas
cinated by this tailor's daughter."
"I will see that he permits it," the gov
erness said, taking the agreeaent Mr. Pen
nywise had drawn out and signed. "My
duty is to prevent the marriage with Miss
reterhnm'
"Yes," said the old man ; "do that and I
will bless you."
And the interview ended.
For the week immediately following the
evening the foregoing conversation took
place. Miss Amy, very much to their de
light, absented herself entirely from her
pupils ; and she might have been seen any
afternoon walking ana in arm with the
lovely Miss Petersham
During these walks, somehow, Mr. Char
ley Gushington invariably met the two la
dies, and joined them in tlieir walk nor
did he seem to regard these meetings as at
all unexpected. The fact was that the wily
governess had introduced Mr. Gushington
toMis Petersham, and was, unknown to
them, fanning the dame that they declared
was consuming both their young hearts.
Three weeks had passed since the night
Miss Amy had agreed to prevent the mar
riage of young Pennywise with Miss Peter
sham, when one morning the governess pre
sented herself to the clerks in the office of
Mr. Pennywise, and asked to see that gen
tleman. She was ushered into a private
office, Where she found the aristocratic
Pennywise very much surprised at his vis
itor. "To what good fortune am T Indebted for
this visit?" he asked, wheeling around from
his desk.
"To the best of fortune," answered the
governess. "Please read this advertisement
that I am going to insert in to-morrow
morning's papers," and she handed him a
flip of paper, on which he read the fol
lowing :
"GtniNGTON-PETEnsii. On the 17th
inst., at Graee Church, hv the Rev. Jere
miah Waller, D.D., S.TJ)., Mr. Charles
Gushington to Kmeline, eldest daughter of
Jacob P-tersham, Esq., all of this city.
No cards."
"My dear Miss Dorr," said PennywNe,
jumping up from Lis chair, "you have
saved the family you have done wonders !
I owe j-ou a debt of gratitude I an never
pay."
"Well, here is a debt you owe line that
you can pay," said Amy, producing the
agreement. "I will thank you for ten
thousand dollars in greenltacks. I don't
want a check I want the money."
"My dear Miss Dorr," said the banker,
"if it took my last dollar, I would not re
pudiate your claim."
And, drawing a check for the amount, he
called a messenger, and bade Lim go to the
bank and get ten one thousand dollar notes.
After the nie-senger had departed on his
errand, the old gentleman turned to the
governess, and said :
sllow did my son bear the news that
Miss Petersham was false to him? Thank
Heaven, my family will not now be dis
graced !"
"When first he discovered that Miss
Petersham was recehiug attentions from
Mr. Gushington, he threatened to commit
suicide ; but I finally induced him to listen
to reason, and he attended the ceremony
last night."
"But how did you efLt't this alteration in
Lim? You area witch, or, I should say, a
good fairy. I low did you manage to do
it?"
"Will the boy be long at the Lank?"
asked the governess.
"No, he is here now. I see you want
your money before you give j'our informa
tion ; quite right. Well, there it is."
And he Landed Ler the money.
Miss Amy walked to the other end of the
room, and placed the money safe in her
bosom. Then turning to Mr. Pennywise,
she said :
"Mr. Tennywise, jou ask nie how I ob
tained your son's consent to the marriage
between Mr. Gushington and Miss Peter
sham." "And saved my son from nn alliance with
a woman sociably beneath him," interrupted
Mr. Pennywise. "You marvel among
women, wili you tell me?"
"I will. "
"How did you do it?"
"Well, I married Li
.. j
Well. I married him myself. Good-
morning, sir."
All Inquest on Abcl
Yesterday afternoon an excited individual,
with his hat standing on two hairs, and his
eyes projecting front his head like the horns
of a snail, rushed into the office of coroner
II . The coroner is by profession a
deutist, and Lis first thought as he glanced
at the man, was that he was well nigh dis
tracted with toothache. He was soon unde
ceived, however, as the frenzied individual
cried out, as soon as he could catch his
breath after running up the stairs: "Been
a man murdered !"
"A man murderrd?" cried the coroner;
"how? where?"
"In a garding, I believe ; with a dub, or
a rock."
"How long ago?" cried the coroner, seiz
ing his hat and cane.
"Been done a good while and no police
nor constables hasn't never done nothia'
about it. Never been no coroner set on the
body nor nothin' of the kind; no verdick '
"What's the dead man's name 7 Who
was he?" cried the coroner.
'Ills name wm Abel."
"Abel? Abel who?''
"Don't know. Never heard nothia but
his first name."
Well, what Is the name of the man who
killed him 1 Do they know? Any one sus
pected ?"
"Well, I've heard that a fellow named
Cain put out his lLht. Cain was the brother
of Abel, and"
Coroner smells a mice, and, flourishing
hi" cane, cries, "You git down them stairs,
my fine fellow. Git, and don't you show
yourself here again !" With a loud gufiaw,
the fellow went down the stairs three steps
at a time, the doctor Calling out after him,
"How dare you trif.e with an officer m thb
way, sir 7"
How to raise dinner ge te sea.
'The Destruction of Lisbon.
The morning of November 1, 1755, dawn
ed serene, but the heavens were beavy.
Since midnight the thermometer had risen
ne degree, and stood, at 9 o'clock, at four
teen degrees above freezing, Reaumur.
As it was the feast of All Saints, the
churches were thronged from an early
hour, and all their altars brilliantly illu
minated with thousands of tapeis and de
corated with garlands of various tinted
muslins and thin silks. At 6:45 o'clock
the first shock was felt. It was so slight
that many poisons attributed it to the pas
sage of heavy war cits j the street, and
even to mere fancy. Three minutes after
ward a secotid shock occurred, so violent
that it seemed as if the heavens and the
earth were passing away.
The agitation lasted fully ten minutes,
and ere it diminished the greater jwntion of
the city was in ruins. The dust raised ob
scured the sen ; an Egyptian darkness pre
vailed, and to add to the universal horror,
the fearful screams of the living, and the
groans of the dying rose through the air.
Iu twenty ni in tries all became calm again,
and people began to look around them and
consider the best means of escape. Some
were for going to the hills, but were soon
discouraged from so doiug by the rumors
that those who had already gone thither
were suirocating from the effects' of the
dense fog of dust which still lose from the
falling buildings. They then rushed to
wards the quays which line a part of the
Tagus, but ouly to learn the horrible news
that these bad nink into the earth with al
the people and editieei upon them. Those
who thought to put out to sea were told to
lok at tho river, and lo T in its center they
beheld a whirlpool which was suckirjg in
all tho vessels and boats in its vicinity, not
a fragment of any of them being ever seen
again. The royal palace had been entirely
swallowed up, and over its site is now the
vast square of the Paco, or Black Horse,
one of the largest public places in Europe.
The great library of the Holy Ghost was
in Uames, and its priceless Moorish and He
brew manuscripts were fast becoming ash
es. The opera house had fallen in, the In
quisitiou was no more, and the gi eat church
of San Domingo was but a heap of stones,
beneath which lay crushed to atoms the
entire congregation.
The Irish Church of St. Paul was the
death-place of one thousand persons, and
the palace of BeiujHista, where Catharine
of Braganza, widow of Charles II., lived
and died, had falleu over from the heights
on which it was built, and utterly destroy
ed the poor but populous part of the town
which lay beneath it. Iu a word, where
but au bour siuce was Lisbon was now
nothing but desolation 1 As to the people,
who can describe their condition? At
least seventy thousand persons had per
ished, and the majority of the survivors
wcro cruelly wounded, and iu agony of
mind and body. Borne went mad with
fright, other lost forever the power of
speech, sinners wcut about confessing their
scrct crimes, and fanatics, believing the
last day had come, cried out to the horror
stricken multitude to "repent, for Christ
was coming to jude the quick and the
dead."
As the day waxed on, the wretched Lis
bonese grew calmer, and it was universally
declared that the safest places, now that
the dust was diminishing, were the heights
overlooking the city, and thither the ma
jority fled. Here they found their court
assembled, for the royal family were for
tunately at Belem, where, Btrange to say,
the earthquake was scarcely felt at all, and
had hastened at once to the hills. The car
dinal patriarch was here also, and so was
Pombal ; and theso two men, with surpris
ing presence of mind, by their admirable
courage, were enabled before night to in
spire some feeling of order among the ex
cited throng. The KinJ and Queen be
haved nobly, and the young Duke of La
roons deserves to be immortalized for bis
splendid conduct. He orgnnized a band of
noblemen who went about aiding the
wounded, rescuing tho childreu, and even
burying the dead
It was a strange and awful sight to see
this multitude gathered together on the
summit of the hills which once overlooked
their magnificent capital, and which now
looked down npon a mere mass of smoul-
dering ruins. As the day declined and
I night came on, the cardinal issued a proc
j tarnation ordering all to kneel in prayer
i and entreat the mercy of God npon them ;
j and then rose oh the air the wailing tones
of that saddest of psalms, the Miserere.
"When the shades of night had fully fallen,
a frightful discovery was made the city
Was in flames in a hundred places. The
conflagration was greatly increased by the
strong wind blowing from the sea.
There was no hope of saving anything,
and it was but too well knowrt that thous
ands of liumau beings who bad taken re
fuge in the cellars and crypts were bciug
roasted alive. If the anxiety of the escaped
was dreadful to witness, the scenes within
1 the city itself were even more terrible.
Bobbers, escaped jail birds, low sailors and
! degraded negroes formed bands and went
' about amid the ruius, pillaging the wound
I ed of their trinkets, and even murdering
! those ho ventured to oppose their ghast
j ly deeds. Tho lewd inhabitants of the
brothels broke from the rigid restraint in
which they were confined by the law,
and. joined the bandits. They plundered
such of the wir.e shires as were left intact,
and maddened with drink, and perhaps
with terror, cast off their garments and
went whoopiug their blasphemous songs
through the desolate streets, if such they
could now lie called, while the lurid Ifgltt
from the innumerable fires cast a blood
colored glow on their naked and contorted
bodies. They got in(o the churches, stole
tho sacred images and vessels, threw the
holy vestments over their shoulders, and
made the ruined vaults re-echo the shouts
of their beastly revelry.
"It seemed," -nys Fray Berr.aido do Car
mo, "as if pandemonium had vomited forth
its demons, and that the powers of dark
ness had indeed prevailed." From the
collars of the house s rose the piercing cries
of those who were ftmbinj from their ne
glected wounds, or suffocating from the
effects of the foul air. Here .1 mother wept
over the bodies of all her childreu ; there
a group of timid nuns stood around their
abbess aud knew not which way to turn ;
now a fauatic rushed along howling disn al
prophecies ; now a long tilo of white clad
Cistercians passed by reciting mournful
prayers ; and then again fell ujon the ear
the horrid maniacal laughter of the gang
of lewd women and brutal men at their
dreadful reveliy. An aged noblewoman,
in full court garments, vas seen searching
among the ruins of her palace for her jew
els, and a famous Phryna of the day,
Theresa Brandirfo, suddenly concerted,
did such noble deeds of charity that her
n.imd deserves to bo writen iu letters of
gold.
For fifteen days vras the city infested
with robbei-s, until Carvalbo, afterward
the celebrated minister Pombal, set an ex
ample of courage and encryy. Ho de
scended into Lislton, and remained days
and nights ir Either in his carriage or on
horseback, directing affairs or assisting in
clearing away the ruins. Ho planted sol
diers all over the city, and whoever could
not give a clerr account of the property
found in his possession was hung then and
theie, and So? persons thus perished.
Fathers, Attention,
What ought, w hat can a mother do, when
a gcHd, pleasent, careless husband con
stantly thwarts all her effort? teach oi
govern tho childien, and yet cannot be
made to seo or feel what lie is doiuft?
Let us ilustt ate and sketch from memory,
not imagination :
"Mammrt, please gie me a piece of pie?"
"No, darling, one piece is enough."
"Half a piece, please, mamma?''
"No, Freddie, no more."
"A very little piece, mamma, dear?"
"No, Freddie, no."
"Do give the child a little piece ; I'll
risk its hurting h:m."
And the mother gave it.
"Mamma, may I go out and play 7"
"It's very chilly, and you have a cold ;
I don't thiuk it best."
'Bundle mo up warm, and I Won't take
cold."
"I fear you will ; you must play indoors
to-day."
"Just a Irttlo while, please, mamma?"
"No, Freddie, you mast not go out to
day." "Do let the child go cntt. What a girl
you are making of him. Women never
are fitted to bring up boys. Dress him up
warm and let him run ; it will do Lim
good."
And Freddie went out.
"May I have rr-y blocks in tho parlor,
mamma ?"
"No, Willie, make your block-house in
the dining-room. Miss L. is au invalid,
and I want the parlor very quiet."
"I'll be very quiet."
"You will intend to be, but you cannot
help making Borne noise, and as Miss L.
very rarely goes anywhere, I fear she w ill
he tired at best ; so be a very good little
boy, and play iu the dining-room this after
noon." "I won't make rt bit of noise cr tire her
one speck."
"You must play -in the dining-room,
Willie, and not say any more about it."
"Nonsense ; it will do her good to see a
happy little face ; it will give her some
thing besides her own pains and aches to
think of. Let him bring his blocks in the
parlor."
And ho brought them in.
"What a torment that boy has C"t to be!
It's teaze, teaze, teaze from morning till
nirht. It's enough to wear out the pa
tience of Job! If you don't whip him I
will."
And he whipped him.
Query Who ought to be whipped?
From Mother at Home.
The Cuiraijo Jnmn cttl, a In Victor
II mm.
-
lie smole with a Muiliuity almost ap
proaching a laugh.
Wherefore ?
Let us see.
Have you seen the equatorial mcon Shim
mer ou the snowy hails of a seventy-four
as she cavoits over the waves on the coast
of Greenland's coral strand ?
So shone with brightness Lis new straw
hat!
He was happy.
It was oik. ii-worked.
And so cool.
F.h bien ? Voila tout.
But to detiny there comes a change.
Kmnbliug t bonder grumbles in the nether
firmament, and the winds keep pace witti
luo runiWings of the grunibliugs.
l''.lip-l;t !
U here are your chitnuey-pots and your
steamlx.;us now ?
They have scooed.
Why ?
Because tho hurricane piff-pafr poofed
them into breathless nonentity.
And what of the hat ?
The new straw hat?
Gaze aloft.
Like a spectre it vanished through an
inky cloud
Never expect to see it again.
Who has it?
A La!
The mau in the moon.
Tt is midnight on the bridge,
it is hot !
As blazes 1
There are five men otf the bridge. A
bridge is sentient ; it humps its back atK
coeds its tes iii tho surging waters.
One of them is Peck.
The other isn't.
T hey met by chance.
The man tbat isn't is preparing to su -cide.
To him Peck :
"Going to jump in ?"
The man that waw't glared on Peck,
Did he speak ?
Ho did ; he said' "Yes."
Good thins go it. I'll put it iu tho pa
pers. "I am the widowed son of an only moth
er."
Good again. I'll interview her, and
work up the agony.
"Life to me is out an empty froth."
Must be a soda-water man.
"To me there is f.u aching void which'
cannot be filled."
Have it pulled out.
"I have lobt that which is the dearest
thing I had."
How much did it cost ?
"Trifle not : it soared awav in the teetli
of the howling burricaue I"
Crazy.
Look ! The man "that wasn't" is on the
railing '
He gazes bencathwaid 1
His arms are waving 1
Dieu ! He falls !
Do the seething waters embrace him ?
No.
Why ?
I re fell t'other wij.
Go to ! He was afraid.
A PicTCRt OF Lifk. -(At thirty.) Five
hundred dollars I have saved a rather
moderate store. No matter; I shall be
content wheu I Lave a little more. (At
forv ) Well. I can count ten thousand
nOTV that's letter than nciore; ana i may
well be satisfied when I have R little more.
(--If fiti-) Sme fifty thousand pretty
well but I have earned it sore. However
I shall not complain when I have a little
more. (At fifty.) One hundred thousand
sick and old ; ah ! life is half a bore, yet
I can bo content to live when I hive a lit
tle more. (At tevrnty.) He dies and to
his greedy heirs he leaves a countless store.
His wealth has purchased him a tomb
that aud nothing more!
Interesting Facts Hops entwine to"
the left and beans to the right.
A clean skin is as necessary to good
health as food.
The largest of the Egyptian Pyramids hr
481 feet high.
The earth is 7,916 miles In diameter, and1
24. 80 miles in circumferer.ee.
Noah's rk was 548 English feet long,
9l broad, and 51 high;
A bushel of wheat weighing CO pounds
contains 5.0,M0 kernels.
Fossil remains on the Ohio prove that it
was once covered by water.
Gold may be beaten into leaves so thin
1SO,(H.0 would be only au inch thick.
Vinegar boiled with myrrh or camphor,
sprinkled in a noin corrects pntridity.
In Greece, it was the custom at tneata
for the two sexes always to eat separately.
The Unmans lay on couches at their din
ing tabW, on their left arras, eatiug with
their tight.
The walls of Ninevah were 100 feet high,
and thick enough for three chariots abreast.
Babylon was GO miles within the walls,
which were seventy-five feet thick, and 30(1
feet high.
Forests of standing trees have been dis
covered in Yorkshire, Fnglaud, iu and Ire
land, iniltodded in stone.
On cue of the peaks of the Alps there is
a block of granite, weighing, by estima
tioa, 131, 5G3 tons so nicely balanced on its
centre of gravity, that a single man can
give it a rocking motion.
To make Pater Stick to "Whitewash
ed Wai.u. Make a sizing of common
glue and water, of the consistency of lin
seed oil, and apply with the whitewash or
other brush to the walls taking care to go
over every part, and especially top andi
bottom. Apply the paper in the ordinary
way as soon as you please, and if the pasta
is properly made, it will remaiu firm for
years.
It is proposed to publish deaths frorrl
hydrophobia nnder the expressive head ot
"b'ttuary." -
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